Heiko Rothe
Staff Systems Engineer at Delivery Hero SE
Berlin, Germany
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Top SchoolHeiko Rothe is a Staff Systems Engineer based in Berlin with 13 years of experience designing and operating global-scale developer platforms and cloud infrastructure. Heiko has managed 50+ large, globally distributed Kubernetes clusters in AWS and led modernization efforts using Terraform, Terragrunt and internal IaC tooling to deliver self-service platforms and account vending at enterprise scale. He blends hands-on backend and platform engineering—authoring Golang services, CI/CD workflows and contributing to open-source projects such as Cilium (notably IPv6 and AWS CNI integrations) and room-assistant—bringing deep expertise in networking, observability and automation. Heiko advocates security-first cloud patterns (zero trust, short-lived credentials) and pragmatic cost and operability improvements across organizations. Known for turning complex migration and platform initiatives into repeatable, automated services, he pairs technical depth with close collaboration across teams. An engineer who moves between low-level networking nuances and large-scale developer experience, he often surfaces subtle infrastructure gaps (e.g., IPv6 chaining and CNI ordering) before they become customer-facing issues.
13 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Media Informatics, Master of Science - MS, Media Informatics at Beuth Hochschule für Technik Berlin (ehemals Technische Fachhochschule Berlin)Abitur, Abitur at Barnim-GymnasiumBachelor of Science (BSc), Business Informatics, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Business Informatics at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin
English, German
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Github Skills (34)
kubernetes10
javascript10
ebpf10
cni10
networking10
ipv610
kubernetes-pods10
home-assistant10
nodejs10
sensor10
devops10
home-automation10
container9
cicd9
mqttnet9
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
mKeRix/room-assistant
Aug 2016 - Mar 2022
Presence tracking and more for automation on the room-level
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:19 releases, 31 reviews, 719 commits in 5 years 8 months
Contributions summary:Heiko primarily contributed to the development of the room-assistant's core functionalities, as evident from the addition of sensor components, including a Temper sensor and its scaling, along with implementing a basic GPIO support and Shell component. Their work involved writing code in JavaScript, integrating external libraries like `temper1`, and modifying existing components like MQTT and BLE scanner. Furthermore, this user also contributed to testing, indicating an understanding of software quality.
sensorsbluetoothroomdockerhome-automation
cilium/cilium
Jan 2022 - Oct 2022
eBPF-based Networking, Security, and Observability
Role in this project:DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:6 reviews, 1 PR, 22 comments in 9 months
Contributions summary:Heiko primarily focused on improving the Cilium CNI and its integration with AWS CNI. This involved fixing issues related to IPv6 clusters and AWS CNI configuration, including allowing endpoints with only IPv6 addresses and ensuring the CNI config exists during chaining. The user also updated the `cilium-runtime` and made changes to Jenkinsfile configurations to use the updated runtime, suggesting a focus on CI/CD and build processes. Furthermore, the user added a configuration option to Hubble to control IPv6 address preference.
bpfcontainerskerneltroubleshootingkubernetes-networking
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